Gedleyihlekisa Ncipoesa eShowera o'Hara of Nkuntlatara

nciphisa is red in isiZulu...

Gedleyihlekisa o'Hara, or Ncipoesa as everyone but his father calls him, has dark hair, and a wide face and frame. He is an  atypical protagonist, especially as a male romantic lead in friction. 

When the story opens, Ncipoesa is a young terrorist.

He is vain, self-centered, somewhat spoiled, can be insecure, and is an unintelligent, dim minded, self-taught unschooled young man.

He stands out in that he is louder than and very much unlike the typical party-going amagents around him.

He can be a high-strung busybody for someone with such dance moves and song, with women he loves, he can go into a mode where he is both babyish and over-thinks little things, like “what's this kids name?”

On the outside he seems charming, busy, good, and smart; but on the inside he is insecure and just wants the affection of his neighbour, the Shaiks. He makes surface efforts to live up to the expectations his culture demands, by wearing an endangered  leopard skin over a purple western garment and sacrificing 12 cows to the ancestors ~ in the hope of keeping his job and house; but fears discovery by society of his love for Nike's and his true self. 

Ncipoesa, has deep affection for Reddy Shaikes, reed dances and wishes to marry annually, despite a tradition in his family to marry within spheres of influence. Ncipoesa's motivation in the early part of the yarn centers on his desire to win the affection of Gertrude, despite that fact; Ncipoesa liked many other suitors; and over the years expressed his manly feelings to Nkosazana, Kate, Nompumelelo, Thobeka, Gloria, Sebentile, Minah, Priscilla, Josie1, Richardsbay1, Sonono and the irresistable short kanga'd Fezeka Khuzwayo. 

One of the wives hears Ncipoesa expressing his true feelings for Sonono, during a braai at Shabby's estate. Sonono and Fezeka admire and are interested in the willful umalume Ncipoesa, and pursue him through a romantic umalume (uncle) friendship when he divorces Nkosazana, helping him to ignore Zulu conventions and become active in society again; with an arranged labolla agreement of (inhlawulo) the transfer of live stock by elders. Emotions run high in the harem when they hear Ncipoesa paid 10 cows for the Swazi Princess.

Apartheid is ultimately blamed by disapproving society, and Ncipoesa finds his friendship with Mac liberating. Urgently requiring a wedding planner; Ncipoesa summons his Agricultural minister back from abroad; Tina packs the children and servant and flees on the most expensive gravyplane back to Nkuntlatara to make the flower arrangements (flowers are agricultural you see). She returns abroad to her winter home with kids and servant after the flowers are packed away to conclude their European white xmas, the way they like it.

After the white madam's visit at Nkuntlatara, Ncipoesa's character hardens, when he is burdened by his parliament asking questions about the rooms in the houses he uses; his family, servants, the Shaiks & Reddy family, and the fear of homelessness and starvation, and not having a bond. 

This causes him to become extremely money-conscious and materialistic. His motivation is to assure that no one close to him faces the threat of starvation or not having a thatch rondavel inside the family plantation of Nkuntlatara.

As such, he engages in controversial business / arms deal / cheque writing practices and exploits apartheid national key point acts, and milking the ministry of public works and the Ministerial handbook for every non-punishable nuance his no school-book education could afford, in order to build his Estate, rented and run by the  Ingonyama Trust, in defiance of his countries needs, and with a higher profit margin.

 After the next reed dance, he marries Sheamoungus for "fun" (because now he can say he's had Octopussy) and because she is very wealthy. Unfortunately, Ncipoesa is too insecure and vain to realize his pursuit of Sheamoungus was misdirected until the climax of the tale. With the un-death of his pal Shabby Shaik, he realizes his pursuit of a bond was in vain and FNB would never give him one.

Ncipoesa realizes he never really needed a bond after all, and that Nkuntlatara would be built with Prestige A grade haste after he redeployed the ministers of Public works.

 Mpindamshaye "I will beat you up again" in isiZulu, the 1st upgraded, and is a loved family Estate...

 But Nkuntlatara is Ncipoesa's homeland where he shames his ancestors with extravagance and his true home. Ncipoesa returns home to the family bunker and is preparing to face those who poke fund at Ncipoesa, Ncipoesa Bond, and plans to attract angel investors anew to complete the highway too Nkuntlatara...